@kavbojka@wu_lee@fabianhjr As an anarchist, of course, I am opposed to leaders, both the explicit and implicit kinds, and instead want organizational structures that render leadership (≠ initiative and/or dedication) obsolete.

@kavbojka@wu_lee@fabianhjr Fair enough. I know a lot of housing coops and workers coops that seem to have figured things out for themselves and the founders—presumably exhausted—decided to live comfortably in their walled gardens.

Coop federation is tricky. The Mietshäuser Syndikat in Germany is a successful example IMO: they lock coop housing from being re-sold and require occupants to pay solidarity payments in perpetuity to fund other coops. https://www.syndikat.org/en/

@wu_lee@kavbojka@fabianhjrThat is one of the many reasons why cooperative/collective economic projects should, in my opinion, already incorporate an inherently anarchist approach at the founding level, and options for long-term horizontal scalability via federation with politically and structurally compatible projects shouldn't be an afterthought.

I would personally like to apologize for the antispam movement of the late 90s and early 00s. We did more harm than good. Nothing we did reduced the amount of spam significantly, and we created the centralization of email, where not only does your personal email belong to a monopolist, but to have an email newsletter, you must hire another monopolist to send it.

@cypnk The public libraries I am familiar with welcome homeless to use web terminals and to read. Librarians know that for many, they offer the only means of access to the Internet - including applying for jobs or benefits. They see it as part of their mission. Librarians are guardians of civil society in the U.S.